Building and Construction courses

Whether you are interested in specialising your career or just improving your handyperson skills, we have many courses to help get you started. We are focused on the delivery of apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, skills recognition and other programs tailored to industry needs. Gain skills to take you further you can study our huge range of short courses, TAFE certificates and diplomas, bachelor and postgraduate degrees.

EAP is a university and TAFE preparation course. It is designed for students with upper intermediate to advanced levels of English who want to gain admission to an Australian TAFE, undergraduate or postgraduate course.

Get the skills you need to work effectively as a builder. Learn essential skills from industry professionals including how to apply building codes and standards, select and prepare construction contracts plus more.

Gain the specialist skills and knowledge to launch your career as a building estimator or building scheduler. Learn the skills of quantity surveying, tendering, planning and scheduling construction technology.

Take a leading role in exciting, large-scale building construction with VU's Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours).You’ll learn all the skills needed to manage residential, commercial and industrial projects.

Take the next step in your career and improve your knowledge of building surveying and performance-based building and fire codes. Gain an in-depth understanding of key concepts and alternative frameworks for performance-based building and fire codes.